Making a Greener Space

摘要

On the northern slope of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, 8,000 feet above sea level, biology Ph.D. student Cyprien Verseux spent a year inside a simulated Mars habitat learning how to cultivate lettuce. Verseux was one of six ersatz astronauts participating in HI-SEAS IV, a 2015 University of Hawai'i experiment. The group was part of a study on the psychological hardships of space exploration, examining team cohesion in extreme isolation.